Ali Abdu Ahmed

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Eritrean Information Minister Ali Abdu Ahmed, government spokesman
and censor-in-chief of the Red Sea nation, has been invisible in the past few
weeks. The total absence of any independent press in Eritrea has allowed the
government to maintain complete silence in the face of mounting questions and
surging Internet rumors of his defection.

It was on November 17 that U.K.-based Eritrean opposition news
website Assena first reported,
citing unnamed sources, that Ali had sought asylum in Canada. Ten days later, Madote, a pro-government site, dismissed
the Assena report and claimed, citing
unnamed witnesses who reported by phone, that Ali was "seen walking in the
capital and discussing with citizens."